Thursday, September 25, 2008

Trail Condition Updates: Thursday 9/25/08

Good news. Crews got further along than anticipated.

MKT Trail: All of the MKT Trail has been restored and rolled. The thing left to do here is to roll and compact the gravel on the Forum Nature Area Trail.

Hinkson Creek Trail: Some of it had been compacted prior to the roller breaking down. Will finish it on Monday, 09/29/08.

Bear Creek Trail: All of the base and subsurface rock has been placed. Most of this trail is still very soft so park crews are using the roller here today to compact the subsurface layer prior to adding the final 3/8-inch surface rock. Anticipate that we will be done with the BCT by the end of the day on Friday, 9/26/08. The exception is the area as noted below where we can't get trucks to this section of trail.

Bear Creek Trail--Garth to Creasy: Park staff can not get to the trail located between the Garth Nature Area and the boardwalk near Creasy Springs Road. The bridges were not designed to handle our trucks so we have to cross the creek. In doing so, we found that it is still too soft and got stuck. Unfortunately, this section of the trail has some severe wash-out areas and users should take note.

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